TSF story: Annual CASA Day at the Statehouse puts focus on Hoosier children
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Kate Breeden, Erin Buce and Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com March 6, 2025 Struggling to overcome drug addiction and put her broken family back together, Katie Goodwin received a valuable piece of advice from a court “...”
TPRs BACK IN COURT: Hearing set for arguments over request to block release of terminated pregnancy reports
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 10, 2025 The fight over terminated pregnancy reports will return to court Wednesday, as two Indianapolis OB/GYNs seek a preliminary injunction to block the release of the documents to the public. In February, Marion County Superior Co “...”
TSF story: Critics of education bill say it will do more than just delete duplicative code
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com March 6, 2025 A 129-page education bill that, according to its author, aims to delete duplicative code, was heard by Senate members for the first time Wednesday in the Education and “...”
ICC story: Indiana elections head joins call for federal upgrades to root out noncitizen voting
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz Indiana Capital Chronicle March 6, 2025 Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales has joined 20 others in asking new Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for changes to a federal citi “...”
Capital B Gary story: Unprecedented Turnout for Gary Town Hall Amid Policy Concerns
This story was originally published by Capital B Gary. By Calvin Davis Capital B Gary March 5, 2025 State Rep. Vernon Smith has represented the 14th District in Indiana’s legislature for more than 30 years. In that time, he’d never witnessed a turnout for a town hall quite li “...”
Based in Lafayette story: Gun Rights Lawsuit Over Metal Detector Dates to Beef in 2017
This story was originally published in Based in Lafayette By Dave Bangert Based in Lafayette March 4, 2025 A metal detector at the entrance to a Tippecanoe County annex building housing the prosecutor’s and public defender’s offices was removed in recent weeks after a lawsuit “...”
TSF Story: Low vaccination rate driving measles outbreak in Texas
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com March 5, 2025 A high fever, sometimes spiking over 104 degrees, a dry cough, runny nose, watery red eyes and maybe even a rash— these are the symptoms that at least 146 Texans may b “...”
PNS Story: Hoosier Ed: Lumina targets 75% credential rate
This story was originally published by Public News Service. By Joe Ulery, anchor/producer Public News Service March 5, 2024 Indiana-based Lumina Foundation has set a goal of 75% of U.S. working-age adults having college degrees or valuable credentials by 2040. The initiative addr “...”
TSF Story: Divorce bill fails to attract suitors in the statehouse
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Caleb Crockett TheStatehouseFile.com March 4, 2025 If a married individual in Indiana wanted to get a divorce without any proof their spouse was cheating on or harming them, they could not legally separate until 19 “...”
BATTLE CRY: Lt. Gov. Beckwith tells Cass County Republicans they need to ‘use the rod’ to fight evil
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 4, 2025 LOGANSPORT – Framing politics as a battle between good and evil, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith urged members of the Cass County Republican Party to be shepherds who use the rod and go to “war when you’re called to stand up.” “...”